Olaf Graven & Lachlan MacKinnon, Buskerud University College, Norway

This paper describes a methodology for integrating learning material into computer games for multiple target audiences. The chosen approach to integrating learning material within a games context...
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Olaf Graven & Dag Samuelsen, Buskerud University College, Norway

This paper presents a survey on the students’ use of and their suggestions for future use of internet based communication tools. Some of the findings are surprising as the students much prefers to ...
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I-Chun Tsai, University of Akron, Ohio, United States; Krista Galyen, Xiaolin Xie & James Laffey, University of Missouri, United States

This study aims to build new knowledge about students’ social interaction during online learning using the joint perspective of activity theory and social ability. Based upon the joint framework of...
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Annika Silvervarg, Linköping University, Sweden

We are developing a virtual learning environment, which includes a math game with a teachable agent, the embodiment of the agent, and a social conversation with the agent. In this work we are using...
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Annotation techniques for multimedia contents have found their way into multiple areas of daily use as well as professional fields. A large number of research projects can be assigned to different ...
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This paper describes the system MATHEMA. The MATHEMA supports the senior high school students or novices of higher education, in learning electromagnetism individually and/or collaboratively, and...
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Bjorn Pederson, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States

The use of reflection is a key tool in further developing teacher practice for pre-service teachers. Current technology supports pre-service teacher reflection through the use of web-based video...
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Poor quality feedback is a frequent complaint from students. A common theme is that they receive insufficient and poor quality feedback on their work. Feedback can be provided in many ways, for...
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Irene L. Chen & Ronald Beebe, University of Houston Downtown, United States

In the age of Web 2.0, wiki books are a new tool for teachers to use in collaboration with their students. Teachers are going to need an impartial system to evaluate wiki book projects. Assessment ...
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Learning content management needs to support a variety of open, multi-format Web-based software applications. We propose multidimensional, model-based semantic annotation as a way to support the...
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Les Walczowski & Mark Ellis, University of Kent, United Kingdom

This paper describes how our Learning Management System (LMS) based on Microsoft SharePoint technology has been augmented with new enterprise functionality. This portal was originally developed to ...
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Kenyon Brown, University of Georgia, United States

This paper examines the communicative exchange phase of an instructional design model for the establishment and administration of study abroad programs. The model incorporates several key aspects...
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